Buggingen - Betberg

Betberg is a little hamlet, belonging to Buggingen. The name "Betberg" sounds like a "program", "bet" means "pray" and "berg" means "mountain". Betberg had of the earliest churches in the area. The church was first mentioned in 789, but brick foundations, found during a renovation in the 1970s date from around 700.

The current church was probably built between 1100 and 1145. The tower was erected around the year 1200. Of course the church underwent numerous alterations, enlargements and renovations over the centuries.

Upon the gallery are some very interesting drawings, connected to the German Peasants' War. The peasants revolted against the feudal society, as they bore the brunt of maintaining it. Princes, nobility, civil servants, patricians and the clergy lived on their labour and as the number of beneficiaries continued to rise, the taxes the peasants had to pay also rose.

The Peasant´s War reached the area in 1525. Left and right on the walls of the tower are a knight and a mercenary. They stand on (only partly visible) the coat of arms of the monastery of St. Peter (to which Betberg belonged) with crossed keys and mitra and on the coat of arms of the margraviate. The spiritual and worldly powers united against the peasants.